Water-closet bowl



(No Model.)

W. H. NEWELL. WATER CLOSET BOWL.

No. 423,175. Patented Mar. 11, 1890.

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WILLIAM H. NEWELL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

WATER-CLOSET BOWL.

- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 423,175, dated March11, 1890..

Application filed April 19, 1889. Serial No. 307,888. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. NEWELL, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Water Closet Bowls, whichimprovement is fully set forth in the following specification andaccompanying drawing.

My invention consists in providing a watercloset bowl with a deep-seatedtrap of novel construction, thus reliably sealing said bowl againstsewer-gas.

It also consists of means for washing various parts of the bowl, as willbe hereinafter set forth.

'lhe figure represents a vertical section of a water-closet bowlembodying my invention.

Referring to the drawing, A designates a water closet bowl, and Bdesignates the pan on which the soil is received, said pan dependingfrom one side of the bowl, leaving the discharge passage 0 at theopposite side thereof. Depending from the pan is a downwardly-projectingportion D, which dips into the bottom E of the trap, said bottom beingsomewhat of the form of a cup, leaving a passage F between said portionD and the bottom E. The rear wall G of the bottom E projects upwardlyabove the lower portion of the depending portion D and into the inclinedpassage H, the latter leading to the discharge-opening J of the bowl.

Itwill be seen that when water leaves the pan Bit enters the passage 0,and from thence enters the passage F and fills the same to the top ofthe wall G, said passage forming a deepseated trap, which is efiectiveand reliable in its nature in preventing the return of sewer-gas. At thetop of the bowl is a channel K, which has perforations a, the latterbeing above the pan B, said channel having a supply-pipe L.

M designates a supply-pipe which opens into the bowl above the channel 0and has at its bottom a nozzle or jet orifice N.

It will be seen that when water is admitted into the channel K it isdirected by the perforations a upon the pan B, so that the soil isdirected therefrom into the channel 0, the side of the bowl above saidpan being also washed andcleansed by the water from the channel K. Thewater admitted into the bowl through the pipe M Washes the channel 0 andremoves any matter that may have been deposited on the side of saidchannel, as directed from the pan, the water also rushing through thetrap-passage and cleansing the same, the entire bowl, as is evident,being effectively washed.

If desired, the supply branch or pipe L may be dispensed with, and inlieu thereof a connection M made withthe pipe M to supply the passage Kwith water, as will be seen by the dotted lines.

I am aware that it is not new in a watercloset bowl to have the bedprojecting inwardly from one side thereof and having a trap beneath thesame in which a downward projection of the bed projects; but I am notaware that the construction herein shown and described is old, whereinthe channel in the rear of the bed is Vertical and the dischargechannelleading from the trap below the bed is oblique or slanting, so that thedischarge of the contents is readily effected.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A water-closet bowl having the inlet-pipe M, the perforated channel K,connected therewith, and the connection M, leading from the pipe M tothe perforated channel K, the bed B, with projection D, the verticalpassage C, the trap F, having seat E, with projecting wall G, theoblique passage ll, and outlet J, the inlet-pipe M being directly overthe vertical channel or passage 0, said parts being combinedsubstantially as described.

WM. H. NEXVELL.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERsHIEM, A. P. JENNINGS.

